Modern English → Old English
Old English word for sprout
5 headwords match “sprout”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sprutan ranks first.
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sprout — to sprout
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sprūte first-person singular past indicative sprēat second-person singular present indicative sprȳtst second-person singular past indicative sprute third-person singular present indicative sprȳtt, sprȳt third-person singular past indicative sprēat -
sprout — sprout, shoot, tendril
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hōs genitive singular hōse dative singular hōse accusative singular hōse nominative plural hōsa, hōse genitive plural hōsa -
sprout — sprout, shoot, twig
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sprot genitive singular sprotes dative singular sprote accusative singular sprot nominative plural sprot genitive plural sprota -
sprout — a sprout, stalk
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wīse genitive singular wīsan dative singular wīsan accusative singular wīsan nominative plural wīsan genitive plural wīsena -
sprout — a young shoot of an herb or tree; a chit; sprout; germ; sprig; mote
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċīþ genitive singular ċīþes dative singular ċīþe accusative singular ċīþ nominative plural ċīþas genitive plural ċīþa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sprout” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “sprout”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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